10
Gage
I had no right to dream of a real, romantic relationship with lovely, friendly Avery Biggs the way my mind and heart insisted on imagining. She was way too good for me––in every way. She deserved to be with an upstanding, smart, and successful man, like my half-brother.
Even though I knew I should step aside and let her find the happily-ever-after ending she deserved with Noah, I couldn’t help wishing––no matter how irrational it was––that she could somehow choose me over him.
It didn’t make sense. What would she see in a high school dropout and felon, who had seen and done the unsavory things that I had experienced during my lifetime? She would be appalled if she knew the full truth about me.
No, sweet Avery should have a doctor by her side, who could support her in the manne
